Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-05-11
For the Evening Capital
County or City,-Wlliea .

County or City,-Whieh +.
Nix. EDITOR Your recent APP
peal TO our real estate agents to urge
investments in Annapolis, the build
ing Of residences and factories, ETC.,
viii remain unanswered as long as
we endure the enormous and unjust
taxation which is extorted from
every householder by our connec-
ton with the county OF Anne Arun-
del. 1t is for the interests Of The
county as well as the so-called city
of Annapolis, that the latter should
prosper, aud in no spirit OF antago
nism but IN simple justice we have
Il right to demand fa{r adjust
meut Of question which involves
our ruin or our prosperity. 1t is
claimed we are a part Of the county
when taxes are to be paid, and that
we are Che city Of Annapolis when
we ask our share in the expendi-
lures Of them. Ii we are the county
our streets are county roads, and
our police las that of Brooklyn
which we people Of Annapolis pay
for) are county police. The peo-
pie OF the county use our streets
without tax on their paving or on
their vehicles. We pay some $20,
900 towards the county and receive
&L,50Q s e4plr slaraI La Baltimore
city the tax is 100 ours 2.05! Win
repairs, insurance and water rent 5
per cent. is paid by every house -hol-
der Is not this q burden heavy
enough to discourage all enterprise
or desire to have ones own home
here Is it not an extortion and
oppression heavy enough to arouse
an indignant protest and practical
effort for iaaepenleRoe 0rjRStjce on
the part Of our citizens before we
are utterly crushed ?
In 117l an insignificant tax on
tea aroused our people to frenzy,
and lighted the flames OF the Peggy
Stewart Compared with what we
now endure patiently it was trifie,
and tie principle of unjust taxa
ton is uow violated as openly as
then. Let a "Peggy Siema3 ciub"
be formed to consider this wrong,
and work like men until it is right
ed.
Our new railroad has in meas
ure lifted the heavy tax We have
paid for forty years for the unwise
policy Of isolation and exaction-
and could, we but get the worth Of the
money we pay, or else not pay it,
we would undoubtedly begin an era
Of unprecedented progress. Either
we are a city or we are a county, we
cannot be both on the present terms
Of SIS, 500 for the honor. Either
there must be q fair return Of orr
money, an entire separation from
the county, or an extension of our
territory with the right to expend
all the taxes collected on that terri
tory for the benefit OF that area.
Ii is for the interest OF the county
that Annapolis should increase. If
our population were doubled, not
at ali improbable result Of low taxes
and extension Of our limits, s
market would exist for the sur
rounding country of great value,
and We might even hope to resume
our former position as port or be.
ps4se y terminal mint and \ mann
featuring center as well IS an unex-
ceptionally attractive place Of resi-
dehce. This question should there
fore Do discussed in friendly spirit
with our county friends, but Win a
distinct understanding Of our deter
mination to obtain, in any event, a
fair and just settlement Of our
claims. Is in the Revolution let
Us have Justice or Separation.
TAXPAYER.